ladyhawke

YAWN! Ok, boys & girls-here's the deal: Do you really think MRS. Pelini is going to edure yet ANOTHER MOVE? Not on your nelly! Bo's a wise man. He knows what everyone else knows: WHEN MOM'S UNHAPPY EVERYBODY'S UNHAPPY. But seriously, Bo worked too hard to get here in the first place. He's wanted the Nebraska head coaching job for a long time and now he has it. Why would he leave after only 3 years? Ridiculous!

WOWT reported tonight that Taylor Martinez will be back next year. http://www.wowt.com/sports/headlines/Martinez_Will_Be_Back_Next_Season_112977524.html

http://nebraska.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1171615 There's a quote in a Rivals article where he says he's committed to Nebraska, if Watson were to go, he knows they'd find a suitable replacement, FWIW. That's good to know. Did anyone else see the special they did on him (I can't remember what it was on-ESPN or Big Red Wrap Up?) Anyway, the kid sounds like a phenom. It would be great if he pans out for us.

"As far as passing goes, a lot of Martinez's balls were getting tipped and he wasn't putting them on the spot," Starling says. "I just think with (Nebraska offensive coordinator) Shawn Watson coaching me and having a lot of time to work on football, I'll be able to get those down. I like his confidence, but if his playing is contingent on Watson staying, do we really want Watson to leave? Interesting. Watson stays Bubba plays...Watson goes..Bubba??? (Frankly, I think if I were as good at baseball as everyone says Starling is and if I had that much money staring me in the face-I think I would take the money! He's young and he can always come back and play football if baseball doesn't work out.)

Yikes!! Sorry! I still think it's interesting.

Just read this: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/the-local-scene/2011/01/texas-state-could-pay-up-to-350000/ Nebraska offensive coordinator Shawn Watson could be in the mix for a new head-coaching job. "Other names that continue to circulate as possible candidates include former New Mexico coach Rocky Long, now the defensive coordinator at San Diego State; Nebraska offensive coordinator Shawn Watson and Oklahoma defensive assistant Bobby Jack Wright." Wow....I don't know what to think about this. But maybe he would be a better Head Coach than OC??? What do you think?

Depends on what the recruit wants. If he is just showcasing his talent for NFL then TT would be a better fit. But if you want win a championship like so many recruits do then they would be willing to sacrifice catching to win. A lot of Texas kids go to OU simply because OU wins and plays in big bowls more than Texas. What type of offense are most high school's running these days? Do you think that the recruits look at colleges that run the same offenses that they are used to or do they go with something completely different?

One of the reasons I would want to keep Dr. Tom as AD is that he's wicked smart. He thinks through things instead of making rash decisions. He knows the human condition, and knows how to motivate people to do their best. His character is above reproach as is his reputation. Those things are important when dealing not only with a football team but ALL of the sports he's responsible for. He also has his employees best interests at heart. The others have commented on #1. #2-Moving to the Big 10 was a brilliant move on NU's part. It wasn't just about sports-it was about what was best for the University as a whole. The educational plus that we will gain by moving to the Big 10 was alot more important than us moving the Huskers to the Big 10 conference. And the money-whoa baby! We will have significantly more money by moving to the Big 10 than we ever made by staying in the Big 8 (12). Tom tried to get the others to go his way when the Texas cancer came to the Big 8. He knew what would happen and he was right. Texas took over the Big 12 just like they did when they were in the SWC. Ask Arkansas. As far as #3 is concerned, I wonder how we would've done had Frank stayed. I'm still bitter that Frank did what Pederson wanted him to-got rid of alot of staff that had been there for awhile and hired new people. We had just finished another good season. Then Pederson fired him. I remember how it not only shook up the NU community but also college football in general. If a coach could be fired after a 9-3 season who was safe? That's my opinion.

What do you mean by 'change the culture?'

I was remembering that just two short years ago how we lost to Virginia Tech by only one point.

Also keep in perspective T.O. was playing for National Championships too. There may have been grumbling but that got passed because T.O. could make to the top and capable. Bo hasn't reached that. They knew what T.O. could do we don't know how good Bo will turn out to be. Now think about this. It took Bob Stoops two years to turn around Oklahoma to win a National Championship. Oklahoma was bad during the 90's. I guess my point was that it seemed that Osborne had alot of different things that he tried. They didn't always work but he just seemed to change things up more. I know that TO had his share of 'crabbers'. At one point he even considered leaving NU. Glad he chose not to. Maybe there isn't really that much difference. Maybe I just need to give the team some time, Watson included. I do think there need to be changes made on the offense though.

The Danny Woodhead Saga has been talked about for years. Short version: He was recruited by Solich, got dropped when Solich was fired, committed to Chadron State, was recruited VERY late in the game by Callahan, but stuck to his commitment to play at Chadron. Thanks for the short version

Now that he has the defense pretty well in hand do you think he'll probably go in that direction? Does he do the recruiting with offense or is that left totally up to the OC? Does Dr. Tom ever go on those recruiting trips? I've also been wondering why Nebraska doesn't recruit more in state kids. Can you imagine how great our team would've been with Danny Woodhead at the helm? He's doing fabulous things in the NFL and NU missed him. How did that happen?

I'm watching a replay of the 1995 championship game against Miami. Man those boys were good. Miami was good too but Wow-that offensive line didn't let much get through. Glad to see ESPN show games that the Huskers have won. I don't know about anyone else but it's like ESPN really doesn't like Nebraska. I think that's particularly true of Chris Fowler. Is this just my perception? I know Collin Cowpoop doesn't like us. I remember him crabbing about how he hated the 'option play' that Nebraska would play and how it didn't prepare those boys for the NFL. Anyway, I love those old games. I was also surprised to hear that Osborne had not won a bowl game since 1987. He had won every thing else but those bowl games just seemed to elude him until this game. I think what frustrates me about the Osborne years vs. the way our boys are playing now is that those old NU teams, if they lost, they didn't lose by lack of trying. The coaches were always changing things up. It seems like our current coaches don't even try other things. THAT is what's the most frustrating for me. (Alright! Schlessinger just made a touchdown! Gotta love those legendary Huskers!!)

OR this psychs the recruits up because they believe that THEY could make a difference. I know Jamal Turner stated that when he was interviewed after he committed to NU.

I'm not real familiar with them either. Strudrawa is LSU's OL coach and I believe he has been OC in the past. I think his reputation on OL is supposed to be rock solid. Unlike the OL coach we 'went out and got' the first go-around in '07. Has the obvious connection with Bo. Chad Morris is Tulsa's OC but I don't know much about them. He actually coached at Stephenville (TX) HS in 2006 and 2007 - while Kody Spano was there. He has one year of coaching CFB, it seems like. Could have serious interest (and it would be a big jump for him). Klenakis has been Nevada's OC. Pistol attack, he was there in '08 I believe when they had the three 1000-yd rushers in one season. Not sure on the interest here. He probably has quite a few teams looking to lure him away. This would be the biggest hire of these three, if we want to go in this 'clean house' direction. I am always wary of that though. I would not mind too much if we gave Beck a shot and brought in some promising guys to replace the position coaches leaving. But that is the change-resistant guy in me. There are probably dozens more names tossed out there. I don't think any of these are like Doug Colman, who probably IS going to be our next LBs coach, but just some names I recall off the top of my head. Again, I'm not very familiar with any of these guys. What do you think about Jay Norvell? I know he was part of the Callahan years but he wasn't here for very long. Oklahoma looked really good tonight-much better than when we played them-I know he's a 'Co-OC' there. Offense wasn't a problem when Callahan was here-it was the other side of the coin. Now that we have such a great defense, I would really like to see us have a great offense to go with it.

I know...I started one of the first ones...I was mostly interested in what people thought about Jay Norvell as an OC

When Bo changes his offensive staff, I wonder who he would pick to replace Watson/Gilmore/Cotton? As I watched Oklahoma-UConn (OU is killing them) I saw Jay Norvell on the sidelines and wondered what it would be like to have him back as our OC? I know he was part of Callahan's staff but he left because he wanted to be an OC. Well, he's doing a nice job for Oklahoma but he's only a 'Co-OC' Would he be a good fit? I would like to see Scott Frost come back in some capacity, maybe as quarterback coach? Ron Brown can take Gilmore's place. Who would you pick to replace Cotton?

This was very cool! Of the 52 top college football teams look where NU came in! http://bleacherreport.com/articles/554716-the-top-50-coaching-jobs-in-college-football#page/45

I'm watching the Wisc-TCU game and they had a commercial during halftime that presented the Legends/Leaders logo and there was our red 'N' under the Legends side then it said, "Coming Fall 2011". It was so COOL to see us as part of the Big 10. If Bo will just do some house cleaning and get the NU house in order then we can be a powerful addition to the Big 10.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5978467 Steve Pederson should hire Watson. He did it before-right? He should do it again.

I agree. When he is prepared for a game (Colorado this year) and when the coaches are committed to him, he does really well.

I vote yes!!

Check out this link: http://www.footballandcoaching.com/ There are alot of head coach jobs open. I hope that Watson takes a look at them. He could be a great match for alot of them! Just because he didn't get the Miami of Ohio job doesn't mean he can't apply for any of these jobs. And given the recent arrest of Pitt's new head coach, Watson should apply there!

There was accountability on Offense-When Cody messed up they pulled him out immediately. Why didn't he get time, why didn't he get to 'play through those things'? Same thing happened with Zach Lee. I know they weren't our 'starting quarterbacks' but because they didn't get the time and coddling that Martinez got, they weren't ready when we needed them. I'll take Cody Green any day. He has poise in the pocket and I think that with some mentoring, he could be a stong leader on offense.